The Center for Rural Pennsylvania has recently released, Analysis of Pennsylvania Crime Trends: An Updated Rural/Urban Comparison, a new research report examining crime trends across Pennsylvania鈥檚 rural and urban counties from 2013 through 2023
51黑料网 has received $1.34 million from the US Department of Education to develop the Crimson Hawks Bridge, a multi-year program to help individuals with intellectual disabilities gain skills, experience, and credentials to live independently and successfully transition to the workforce.
Eric Crawford, an 51黑料网 psychology major and sociology minor who has completed two years of research through 51黑料网鈥檚 Undergraduate Summer Opportunities for Applying Research (U-SOAR) program, was invited to present his U-SOAR research to an upper-level sociology class.
The 51黑料网 Department of School Psychology, Special Education, and Sociology proudly celebrates alumna Tara Hackwelder (Sociology MA 鈥�07), founder of the ZTTK SONshine Foundation, who joined leaders of the foundation in ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, August 29, 2025.
On April 9, 2025, 51黑料网 welcomed more than 20 high school students from River Valley, United, and Indiana Area school districts for Education in Action: A Future Teachers鈥� Exchange, a hands-on experience designed to inspire the next generation of educators.
Robert Orth, managing director of 51黑料网鈥檚 Administration and Leadership Studies Research and Training Center, is the 2025 Social Sciences Career Pathways Speaker.
A community organization dedicated to helping people with developmental disabilities has donated more than $75,000 to 51黑料网 to continue its legacy and to honor one of its long-time members, the late Donald B. Townsend of Indiana County.
51黑料网 has received $20,000 in funding from the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) for a new initiative to inspire the next generation of special education teachers.
Associate Professor Diane Shinberg presented a paper at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America in Columbus, OH, on April 18, 2024.
Christian Vaccaro, professor in the Department of Sociology, co-authored "Exploring Humor in Child Welfare Casework: Laugh to Get Through It or Cry Forever" with Lisa Landram, alumna of the Administration and Leadership Studies in Nonprofit and Public Sectors program (PhD 鈥�20). Landram is an incoming assistant professor of social work at Mary Baldwin University.
Phillip Schnarrs, an 51黑料网 Young Alumni Achievement Award recipient who is an associate professor and associate chair for research in the Department of Population Health at Dell Medical School, University of Texas鈥揂ustin, will present 鈥淭he Importance of Sociologists in Medicine鈥� at 51黑料网 on April 17.
51黑料网 has selected its second student cohort of Justice Research Fellows at the Administration and Leadership Studies Research and Training Center at 51黑料网.
Associate Professor Diane Shinberg presented "Toward More Inclusive Structural Intersectionality: Contextual Measurement of Structural Ableism" at the American Sociological Association's 118th annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA, on August 19, 2023.
Two students, Angelique Alcantara (Dept. of Economics) and Owen Zablocki (Dept. of Sociology), have been selected from a pool of exemplary nominees to be the inaugural Justice Research Fellows at the 51黑料网 Administration and Leadership Studies Research and Training Center.
Want a preview of the research you can hear about Friday, August 5, at 11:00 a.m. in the HUB Monongahela Room during the Undergraduate Summer Opportunities for Applying Research (U-SOAR) program symposium? Watch as four students explain their projects.
Christian Vaccaro, Melissa Swauger, and Alex Heckert, along with Shayna Morrison (Kent State University), recently published the paper 鈥淪ociological conceptualizations of compassion fatigue: Expanding our understanding鈥� in the journal Sociology Compass.聽
Diane Shinberg, associate professor of Sociology, presented 鈥淎t the Intersection of Disabilities and Opioid Use Disorders: Patterns of Protection and Susceptibility鈥� at the American Sociological Association鈥檚 annual meeting. The paper addresses the social patterning of misuse and use disorders across different disability groups.
Start Smart is an interactive workshop designed to give women the skills they need to earn fair compensation. No admission is charged. Learn how to negotiate your highest possible salary at this workshop on Saturday, February 8.
Christian Vaccaro and colleagues won the 2019聽David R. Maines Narrative Research Award for their work, 鈥淣arrative Manhood Acts: Batterer Intervention Program Graduates鈥� Tragic Relationships.鈥� The award was presented by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research.